jock wrote: Hi MB, we used softies,squid, mussels, pillies,piper and even some calf liver. That's a very cool techno looking chariot your riding. I'd almost expect to see someone like Batman sitting on it. I'll keep my eye out for you. Our boat, a Huntsman Dorado "Tenacity". Cheers
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jock wrote: I think I'll need to give those slow jigs a shot. Anything in particular type/weight/colour that stands out? Cheers Ps I just saw now that you previously mentioned Kabura, Inchiku |
smudge wrote: MB a workmate has just moved to Whangarei heads, I have never fished that area. He has a yak & I'm 'helping' him to use softbaits. Any chance of a pm - or a post here - that I can pass on to him? |
jock wrote: ORANGE !!! Softy, has been noted, LOL. |
jock wrote: That's amazing catching snaps so high up in 30 mt. Conditions looked beautiful. Good stuff, cheers. |
Reel Deal wrote: I have been turning left out of the heads by the looks I should be heading right! Great action there MB. |
MB wrote:
Happy to help out. The harbour can be an unfriendly place to a kayaker, or indeed anyone. Strong currents, heaps of boats and can chop up real bad in a southwesterly, so caution is advised! As such, I don't think venturing outside the harbour is a good idea. I've seen very few people do it on a yak. Ironically, conditions are often much better outside the harbour, it's getting out that's the problem. That said, I know a few people who fish inside the harbour from a yak and do well, especially in the summer months. I think they use bait and burley. Fishing in the harbour is not something I've mastered, so can't be too helpful with specifics. Unfortunately, the strong currents are going to make life difficult for a novice soft baiter. A lot of people launch off Tamaterau and fish just off the beach. A launch over the little bar at the Pataua estuary would be OK if conditions and tides were right, otherwise it's jumping in a car and heading to the Tutukaka Coast which is more kayak friendly. Not something a kayak fisho who has moved to the Heads wants to hear I'm sure! |
smudge wrote: Thanks. I think he's happy just to stay in close in the harbour but I'll pass that info on. |
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